 ... those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home. Their tempers, doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation, and a curtain lecture is worth...  Ten Selections from The Sketch-book - Стр. 79авторы: Washington Irving - 1892 - Страниц: 149Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1910 - Страниц: 408
...doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation, and a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for...teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering. A of the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took his part in all family squabbles, and never... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1911 - Страниц: 470
...doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation ; and a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for...virtues of patience and long-suffering. A termagant 5 wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing; and if so, Rip Van Winkle... | |
 | 1912 - Страниц: 332
...doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation; and a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for...it is, that he was a great favorite among all the goodwives of the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took his part in all the family squabbles;... | |
 | Charles Lane Hanson - 1912 - Страниц: 392
...tempers, doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation. ... A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects,...tolerable blessing; and if so, Rip Van Winkle was thrice blest. — IRVING, "The Sketch-Book." THE LINGERING DAYLIGHT By this time the sun had gone down, and... | |
 | Benjamin Alexander Heydrick - 1913 - Страниц: 330
...doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation ; and a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for...tolerable blessing; and if so, Rip Van Winkle was thrice Talessed. Certain it is. that he was a great favori among all the good wives of the village, who, as... | |
 | Hugh Walker - 1914 - Страниц: 544
...doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation, and a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for...thrice blessed. Certain it is that he was a great favourite among all the good wives of the village, who, as usual with the amiable sex, took his part... | |
 | Martha Adelaide Holton, Charles Madison Curry - 1914 - Страниц: 360
...doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation; and a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for...respects, be considered a tolerable blessing; and if so, 45 Rip Van Winkle was thrice blessed. Certain it is, that he was a great favorite among all the good... | |
 | James William Searson, George Ellsworth Martin - 1914 - Страниц: 394
...rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation, and a curtain lecture13 is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering. A termagant14 wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable 'Fort Christina. The chief... | |
 | Alma Blount - 1914 - Страниц: 406
...doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation, and a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for...teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering. The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor.... | |
 | Gerhard Richard Lomer, Margaret Ashmun - 1914 - Страниц: 360
...Weak: A termagant wife may, therefore, be considered a tolerable blessing in some respects. Stronger: A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing. IRVING: Rip Van Winkle. Bad: It was unpardonable folly to waste so much tune, according to their idea... | |
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